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Upstream Color

Slant Magazine

8 May 2013

Excerpt: When Shane Carruth's Primer emerged at Sundance nearly a decade ago, it seemed perversely inscrutable, a left-brain puzzle film made by and for the mathematically inclined. An intimidating degree of obfuscation, of course, was very much part of the point, our confusion before both the mechanics and...

Upstream Color

Flicks

27 July 2013

Summary: A kitchen-sink time travel flick made pretty much singlehandedly and for just thousands of dollars, Shane Carruth's 2004 debut Primer is a fascinating footnote in film history. Having disappeared into the ether for the past decade, this talented writer/director/actor/etc returns with a metaphysical...